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Page County residents receive $3,121,942 in food assistance benefits in 2020

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Page County received $3,121,942 in Food Assistance Program funding in 2020 for 1,658 program recipients, according to a Nodaway Valley Today analysis of data from Iowa's Department of Human Services.

This is a 41.7 percent increase from 2019, when 1,768 recipients received $2,203,711.

Qualified recipients in the Program are eligible to receive financial assistance in the form of Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, which then can be used to buy groceries. The Program is part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's larger Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Amount of Money Allocated for Page County Food Assistance Program Participants 2011-2020

YearAmount Allocated
2011$3,219,055
2012$3,196,016
2013$3,067,032
2014$2,712,500
2015$2,624,261
2016$2,597,685
2017$2,270,487
2018$2,317,695
2019$2,203,711
2020$3,121,942

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